Job 6:20

20 They are disappointed, because they trusted; they came {here} and they are confounded.

Job 6:20 Meaning and Commentary

Job 6:20

And they were confounded because they had hoped
When they came to the places where they hoped to find water, finding none were ashamed of their vain hope, and reflected upon themselves for being so foolish as to raise their expectations upon such a groundless surmise:

they came thither, and were ashamed;
which is the same thing expressed in different words; and aptly enough describes Job's disappointment in not meeting with that relief and comfort he expected from his friends, to whom he makes application of all this in the following words.

Job 6:20 In-Context

18 The paths of their way wind [around]; they go up into the wasteland, and they perish.

19 The caravans of Tema looked; the traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.

20 They are disappointed, because they trusted; they came {here} and they are confounded.

21 "For now you have become {such}; you see terrors, and you fear.

22 Is it because I have said, 'Give to me,' or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'?

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "up to it"